Video footage from the runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport showed the scene moments after two planes operated by Delta Air Lines collided with each other on Tuesday.
Delta Air Lines Flight 295, an Airbus A350, was en route to takeoff when its wingtip struck the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526, the airline told Fox News Digital.
“The Delta Airbus A350 was headed to Tokyo. The Endeavour Bombardier CRJ900 was headed to Lafayette, Louisiana,” the Federal Aviation Administration told Fox News Digital. “The FAA will investigate the incident, which occurred at the intersection of two taxiways at about 10:10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, September 10.”
The images show a plane with its wingtip separated from the aircraft. The images appear to have been taken by someone in a moving vehicle on the runway.
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The tail of one of the planes is seen damaged Tuesday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. (Oh)
“Well, that was scary. We were taking off for the flight from Atlanta to Louisiana and another plane apparently hit the back of our plane,” said WFTS meteorologist Jason Adams. published in X. “There are very loud noises, like metal scraping, and then loud bangs. We are fine. There is no fire or smoke.”
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A view of a Delta Air Lines plane after two aircraft collided on a runway in Atlanta. (@avi8ionaddict via Storyful)
There were no injuries at the time of the incident and operations continued as normal, Delta said. The airline's technical operations team moved the aircraft to maintenance hangars for evaluation, it said.
“There were 221 customers on DL295 and 56 customers on DL5526,” the airline said. “No further operational adjustments are expected at this time.”
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was ranked the world's busiest airport in 2023, serving more than 104.6 million travelers, according to an April report from Airports Council International. It has consistently held the top spot in recent years.
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The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the incident.
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman contributed to this report.
